Who we are

The Program Management Unit at BIRAC was set up under an MoU to bring together global funders with national stakeholders to a single platform, with not only the aim of leveraging funding from these bodies to address some of the greatest challenges we face today, but to also promote...

Why we are here

The PMU at BIRAC was created to manage initiatives and projects on behalf of our parent organizations, the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, that have the potential to change the lives of millions...

Our work

PMU-BIRAC currently works in the areas of Maternal and Child Health (MCH), nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, healthcare, policy analysis, knowledge integration and dissemination, with projects across these disciplines that are funded by our partners. The partnership is also...

How we work

the team works with our partners to design, and refine mandates or calls for proposals for programs that are funded by specific partners. These are then launched throughout India, and Letters of Intent (LoIs) are requested form anyone wishing to apply...

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology

BIRAC

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) is a not-for-profit Section 8, Schedule B, Public Sector Enterprise, set up by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India as an Interface Agency to strengthen and empower the emerging Biotech enterprise to undertake strategic research and innovation, addressing nationally relevant product development needs.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The foundation provides financial, technical and operational support in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, for the Grand Challenges India and Grand Challenges Explorations- India programs. The foundation also directly funds the HBGDki and KnIT programs.